Hry 1983-1988

by Václav Havel

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Genres: Czech Literature

305 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Václav Havel was a Czech playwright, essayist, poet, dissident and politician. He was the tenth and last President of Czechoslovakia (1989–92) and the first President of the Czech Republic (1993–2003). He wrote over twenty plays and numerous non-fiction works, translated internationally. He received the US Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Philadelphia Liberty Medal, the Order of Canada, the freedom medal of the Four Freedoms Award, and the Ambassador of Conscience Award. He was also voted 4th in Prospect Magazine's 2005 global poll of the world's top 100 intellectuals. He was a founding signatory of the Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism.

Beginning in the 1960s, his work turned to focus on the politics of Czechoslovakia. After the Prague Spring, he became increasingly active. In 1977, his involvement with the human rights manifesto 'Charter 77' brought him international fame as the leader of the opposition in Czechoslovakia; it also led to his imprisonment. The 1989 "Velvet Revolution" launched Havel into the presidency. In this role he led Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic to multi-party democracy. His thirteen years in office saw radical change in his nation, including its split with Slovakia, which Havel opposed, its accession into NATO and start of the negotiations for membership in the European Union, which was attained in 2004.

Reviews

[Mrs Daryl Dixon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hanba mě fackuje za to, že jsem teprve teď četla první svazek divadelních her od pana Havla... Protože pan Havel uměl psát a to hodně dobře! To čtení jsem si vyloženě užívala! Bavilo mě to fakt dost! Ze zvědavosti jsem si to vypůjčila v knihovně nejdřív jsem si myslela, že mě to nebude bavit, ale opak byl pravdou! <3 Oblíbila jsem si hru Ztížená možnost soustředění, ale potom přišlo Odcházení a z toho jsem byla nadšená! NÁDHERA! VŠEM 100% DOPORUČUJI!

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